The most senior ranks of Queensland's legal profession are divided over a proposal by the state's Bar Association to toughen laws on the indefinite sentencing of dangerous sex offenders.

Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie is considering the plan which involves making sex offenders prove they will comply with court supervision orders in order to avoid indefinite detention.

Lawyers who have seen the plan say it also includes a suggestion for changes that would mean any prisoner could be kept in jail indefinitely under sex offender laws even if they have never committed a sexual offence.

The plans are causing a storm of controversy in Queensland’s legal profession.

Members of the Bar Association only found out about their organisation’s dealings with the Government from an interview the Attorney-General gave to the ABC’s 7.30 Queensland program earlier this month.

They are angry they were not consulted, with many complaining the association’s role is not to help the Government formulate policy.

There has been further controversy in recent days after it emerged that the Bar Association’s new president, Peter Davis QC, had co-authored the submission.

Mr Davis is representing the Crown in a highly controversial case involving serial sex offender Robert John Fardon, which is still before the courts.

That prompted one barrister, John Allen, to call on Wednesday for the resignation of Mr Davis as Bar Association president, just hours before Mr Davis was due to take up the position at the body’s annual meeting.

"How could you not be conscious of the apparent conflict of interest in your involvement in this fashion," Mr Allen said.

Fardon’s barrister, Daniel O'Gorman SC, said: "[It is] unfortunate that Peter just didn't leave it to the other two members who drew it up, because of his involvement in acting for the attorney in these very matters before the court, including the Fardon matter, which is presently before the Court of Appeal."

The ABC has sought comment from Mr Davis.

The Bar Association’s outgoing president, Roger Traves, another of the submission’s authors, declined to be interviewed.

The ABC has obtained emails showing Mr Traves last week reassured members that the Bar Association was opposed to the new Declarations Act, which gives the Attorney-General power to jail people indefinitely even without the endorsement of the courts.

But he also wrote: "The Bar Association ... believes that there is scope to address some of the Government’s policy concerns without recourse to the Declarations Act."

The Bar Association's submission was made available to members – but not the public – on Monday after association members threatened to force an extraordinary meeting to debate the issue.

One lawyer who has seen the document says it names three of the state’s most controversial serial sex offenders, including Fardon, and includes a claim that the suggested amendment would mean they could be kept behind bars.

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